This woman is Marie Kondo-ing her way through her partner’s belongings, demanding that they part ways with old band t-shirts.
While TikTok does have a lot of good ideas for cleaning, it must be taken with a grain of salt. Just because you seen a content creator cleaning with 5 types of cleaning liquids and powders at once, doesn’t mean you should do the same. You don’t have to use trendy products to clean your home (the older I get, the more I realize that plain old boring dish soap cleans almost everything!) And in fact, one content creator recently discovered the hard way that just because “wet mopping” was popular on TikTok, doesn’t mean it translates into the best cleaning option for everyone. After emulating that cleaning method, her floors grew mold! Turns out you’re only supposed to soak your floors with water if you’re outdoors or cleaning tile. Who knew? Well… She would’ve known if she consulted Google or a book or something, but she’s in the large group of people who mindlessly follow everything TikTok suggests without researching it independently.
TikTok is great for inspiration, if not direct copycatting. You can pick up some great organizational and cleaning-related tips on there, but you also have to keep in mind that you aren’t a content creator. I don’t mean that in a derogatory way: I mean that you don’t have to do a $500 weekly grocery haul video, the kind that’s labelled “restock my fridge with me!” while an influencer decants her own orange juice and individually places each egg into a specific egg-holding dish. The best way to watch these videos, I think, is to continually ask yourself if the creator is trying to sell you something. They usually are. It’s usually those clear containers that are for sale. Everyone’s got to make a few dollars somehow.
This woman actually got some good-ish advice from her TikTok scroll-athon by imbuing the tenants of Marie Kondo’s famous cleaning style. I abide by her rules too — loosely. Like, I think she mostly has great advice, but you can also tailor it to suit your own life. One of her rules that I don’t follow is to get rid of any clothing you haven’t worn in 2 or more years. Sometimes I go 4 or 5 years without wearing a clothing item just because I don’t have an event to wear it to. That makes the feeling all the better when I do eventually get to wear it! And I hope that this woman can learn to moderate her own cleaning journey, since it seems ambitious. And, as one commenter advised, she’d be smart to keep an eye on her own items, leaving her spouse’s alone. You’re only going to invite in hard feelings if you go around getting rid of other people’s stuff. Concert tees are cool! They hold memories and they may even be worth money someday. I hope this person holds firm in their resistance to giving away their shirts, and can find a way to help their wife clean out her “hobby piles” instead.
Author: Kayitsi.com
